Family Support Officer (Residential)
£19,621 pro rata plus pension, 15 hours, Fixed Term to 31st March 2018
Job description
Port Talbot and Afan Women’s Aid (PTAWA) is an established and well respected organisation delivering support and services to women and families impacted by domestic abuse. Residential support includes a busy 6 bed refuge and 5 self-contained ‘move on’ flats.
Your focus will be to identify and address the support needs of families who are escaping domestic abuse. A quick thinker, you will identify risks and provide holistic interventions in order to provide a high quality service. A compassionate and engaging person, you will be able to empower individuals to achieve their goals.
You will ensure quality standards of residential properties are maintained.
What would you need to be successful?
- Have a commitment to women’s equality
- Be empathetic, with an ability to have a tough approach when required
- A resilient and patient individual
- Experience in empowering others to achieve outcomes
- Be able to spot risks and manage these effectively
- Strong initiative and able to cope in a busy environment
- A good communicator and a team player
Your track record will include experience of delivering support to vulnerable clients, enabling them to make positive changes. You’ll also have the ability to engage others, communicate effectively and enable others to see the best in themselves.
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Person Specification
You will be asked to supply evidence of meeting the requirements as set out in the personal specification for this role.
Person specification (hyperlink)
Benefits
A pension scheme is provided, with a maximum employer contribution of 6%
Things you need to know
A disclosure and barring security check is required for this role.
Successful candidates will be based at PTAWA Refuge and Move-on accommodation.
The post is exempt under the Sex Discrimination Act Section 7(2)(e) and is open to women only.
There is a requirement to participate in the 24 hour on-call rota.
Working for PTAWA
Vision
Our Vision is to create safe communities, free from domestic abuse where people and families can flourish and build successful independent lives.
Mission
To be an innovative and sustainable provider of excellent, good value domestic abuse services that drive prevention, provide interventions and enable progression.
Values
Our work is underpinned by a set of values that were created and developed by staff. These include:
Passionate – to make a difference
Responsive – to individual needs and differences
Equal – non-discriminatory and non-judgmental
Confidential – respecting privacy, and lawful
Challenging – to change attitudes and acceptance
Supportive – in both intention and behavior
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Contact point for applications
Kate Jones: 01639 894 864 /
Closing date
Monday 15th January 2018 Mid-Day
Interview dates
Wednesday 17thJanuary 2018